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[BIO 10,095] Swine19
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- (a)a declaration by the shipper setting forth the kind, number, sex, and marks of brand or ear-marks of all animals therein, and certifying that all such animals have been free of disease during the 6 months immediately preceding shipment and giving the address or addresses at which they have been kept during that time;
- (b)a certificate by an Australian Government Veterinary Officer stating—
- (i)that he or she has examined each animal within 7 days of the date of shipment and has found it to be free from clinical disease and ectoparasites;
- (ii)that the diseases specified in the Ninth Schedule have not existed in the State from which any such animal is exported during the period of 12 onths immediately preceding the date of shipment;
- (iii)that each animal originates from a herd free of Brucella Suis infection;
- (iv)that each animal has been treated on each of the 3 days prior to shipment with streptomycin by injection at the rate of 10mg per kg body-weight, or such other antibiotic as the Biosecurity Authority of Fiji may direct;
- (v)that each animal has twice been dipped or sprayed with a recognised acaricide at an interval of 4 days and that the latter dipping or spraying was within 48 hours of the time of shipment.
[reg 19 subst LN 83 of 1982 reg 8, effective 6 August 1982; am LN 99 of 2016 reg 17, effective 1 December 2016]